Showing posts with label LGBT rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LGBT rights. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Jury Must Decide Reason for Evangelists' Exclusion from Pride Event

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In Cocchini v. City of Franklin, Tennessee ,  (MD TN, June 3, 2025), in an opinion covering three consolidated cases, a Tennessee federal di...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Permissive Opt-Out of Children from Exposure To LGBTQ-Friendly Books

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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning will hear oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor.  In the case, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affir...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Yeshiva University Settles Litigation With LGBTQ+ Students

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A Joint Statement ( full text ) from the parties to the long-running litigation between Yeshiva University and LGBTQ+ students attempting to...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Evangelist Can Move Ahead with Free Speech Claim Against Officer Who Arrested Him at Pride Festival

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In Cocchini v. City of Franklin, Tennessee ,  (MD TN, Feb. 6, 2025), a Tennessee federal district court held that plaintiff, a Christian eva...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Lifeguard Who Has Religious Objections to Pride Month Has Claim for Undermining of His Religious Accommodation

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In Little v. Los Angeles County Fire Department ,  (CD CA, Jan. 25, 2025), a California federal district court allowed a Fire Department cap...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Trump Executive Order Reverses Agency Policies Protecting Transgender Individuals

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Yesterday President Trump signed an Executive Order titled Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to ...
Monday, September 16, 2024

Supreme Court Asked to Review Decision on Opting Students Out of Instruction on Gender and Sexuality

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A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed last week with the U.S. Supreme Court in Mahmoud v. Taylor,  (Sup. Ct., cert. filed 9/1...
Tuesday, September 03, 2024

9th Circuit: Title IX's Religious Exemption Does Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Hunter v. U.S. Department of Education ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 30, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the exemption availa...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

9th Circuit: Ministry Has Standing to Challenge Washington Antidiscrimination Law

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In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, Washington v. Ferguson , (9th Cir., Aug. 12, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Chr...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Denial of Foster Care Licensure Subject to Strict Scrutiny

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In Burke v. Walsh ,  (D MA, June 5, 2024), a Massachusetts federal district court refused to dismiss free exercise and free speech claims br...
Monday, June 24, 2024

Namibia Court Strikes Down Bans on Male Homosexual Conduct

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In Dausab v. Minister of Justice ,  (NA HC MD, June 21, 2024), a 3-judge panel of the High Court of Namibia held that the common law and sta...
Friday, May 31, 2024

Lifeguard Sues L.A. County Over Required Flag Raising for Pride Month

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A suit was filed last week in a California federal district court by plaintiff who is employed as a lifeguard by Los Angeles County objectin...
Thursday, May 09, 2024

Court Says NY Proposed Amendment on Abortion, Sexual Orientation and Gender May Not Go on Ballot

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In Byrnes v. Senate of the State of New York , (Livingston County NY Sup. Ct., May 7, 2024), a New York state trial court held that the prop...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Settlement Narrows Interpretation of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Law

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On Monday, a Settlement Agreement ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Equality Florida v. Florida...
Friday, March 01, 2024

LGBTQ+ Support Group Fights Texas AG's Demand for Information

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Suit was filed this week in a Texas state trial court by PFLAG, a national support group for LGBTQ+ individuals and their families, seeking ...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Court Upholds Oregon's Rules for Approving Adoptive Parents Over Free Exercise and Free Speech Challenges

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In Bates v. Pakseresht , (D OR, Nov. 14, 2023), an Oregon federal district court, in a 53-page opinion, rejected plaintiff's challenge t...
Friday, October 06, 2023

Episcopal Priest Sues County Commissioners Over Invocation Policy

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Suit was filed this week in a Michigan federal district court by an Episcopal Priest in Grand Haven, Michigan, challenging the manner in whi...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Plaintiffs Must Seek Narrower Relief Against Restrictions on LGBTQ Books in Children's Section of Library

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In Virden v. Crawford County, Arkansas ,  (WD AR, Sept. 12, 2023), the court denied plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction bec...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Religious or Parental Rights Not Violated By School Classroom Discussion of LGBTQ-Themed Books

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In Mahmoud v. McKnight ,  (D MD, Aug. 24, 2023), a Maryland federal district court refused to issue an injunction to allow parents to opt th...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Baylor Gets DOE Assurance That It Is Exempt From Title IX Sexual Harassment Rules

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In a July 25 letter ( full text ), the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights has assured Baylor University that, as a universi...